Things start slowing down for you and I   It's been a long time a comin'   If you keep holding on to what we've lost   You're gonna drag down the road behind us      I never wanted it to feel like this, to be this way   I'm just afraid that if you stay, we'll never change   I never wanted it to be like this, to feel this way   I'm just afraid that if you stay, you'll hate me      Things start slowing down for and I   It's been a long long long long time   If you keep holding on to what we've lost   You're gonna drag down the road behind us.      I never wanted it to feel like this, to be this way   I'm just afraid that if you stay, we'll never change   I never wanted it to be like this, to feel this way   I'm just afraid that if you stay, you'll hate me.